Freshwater Fish
Dalmatian Lyretail Molly.
A speckled black-and-white molly with a graceful lyre-shaped tail. Beginner-easy, peaceful, and a steady algae grazer; mollies like hard water with a touch of salt tolerance, and they'll breed readily in a 20-gallon-plus community.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Beginner
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 2.5"
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Scientific name
- Poecilia sphenops / latipinna (hybrid)
Good tank mates
Peaceful and community-safe, it mixes well with other easygoing community fish: other livebearers (platies, swordtails, guppies), small tetras, rasboras, and peaceful corydoras. Avoid fin-nippers, which may pick at the long lyretail, and steer clear of aggressive fish or anything large enough to eat it.
Good to know
Mollies are livebearers that give birth to free-swimming young rather than laying eggs.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
Mon–Fri 12–6 · Sat 11–4 · Sun closed. Call ahead on livestock — what's on the floor rotates.